All Senate Democrats proposed an amendment that would prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to transport illegal aliens to U.S. towns and cities, according to Republican senators who voted for the amendment. voted against.
Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, tweeted early Saturday morning: “Tonight, all Senate Democrats will block the Biden administration from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights directly from their home countries to resettle American towns. “I voted against my amendment to do so,” he tweeted. morning.
“It’s indefensible,” he added.
Early last week, Hagerty introduced amendments to a spending bill that would “prohibit federal funds from being used to surreptitiously transport illegal aliens from other countries directly to states across the country,” according to a press release from his office. He announced that he plans to submit a proposal.
7.2 million people illegally entered the US under Biden, more than the population of 36 states
The amendments are in response to recent reports that the Biden administration will fly an estimated 320,000 illegal immigrants from their home countries into the United States in 2023.
“Let me cut out the procedural language here. I’m voting on a very simple question: U.S. tax dollars to fly illegal immigrants into the U.S. from places like Venezuela and Haiti. Do you support your tax dollars being spent on people who have settled in a town or city near you? If so, please vote against me. Vote ‘no’ to preserve the practice of moving residents into your state and spending tax dollars on imported charter planes,” Hagerty said on the floor Friday. of the Senate.
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Sen. Bill Hagerty speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on March 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Lawmakers rejected the bill by a vote of 51-47. All Democrats, but no Republicans, voted against the amendment.
The amendment was included in a Senate vote late Friday night to avoid a government shutdown. The House passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill early Friday, then sent it to the Senate, where lawmakers were deadlocked on whether to vote on amendments to the bill.
More than 1,000 immigrants are waiting to enter the United States from Juarez, Mexico. (FOX News Digital/John Michael Raasch)
“Let me explain what’s going on right now,” Hagerty told X ahead of the vote on the bill and amendments. “Democratic senators are afraid to take a stand on Mr. Biden’s failed policies by voting on amendments to the spending bill. We want to close it down.”
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The Senate ultimately passed the spending bill past the midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown, after voting on several Republican-backed amendments and proposals. The Senate voted 74-24 to fund the government through September, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk, where he signed it on Saturday.
None of the Republican-backed amendments passed. If any amendments had passed, the bill would have returned to the House, which just went into a two-week recess, for consideration.
Sen. Bill Hagerty waves during the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Annual Leadership Conference on November 18, 2022 in Las Vegas. (Rhonda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Hagerty’s tweet detailing how each Democrat voted against the amendment had been viewed more than 30 million times as of Sunday, and critics of the Democrats’ votes were online. is raising voices of criticism.
“This is insane!” tech billionaire Elon Musk tweeted.
Former University of Kentucky swimmer and activist Riley Gaines tweeted: “We are witnessing the planned and controlled destruction of this country in real time.”
Hagerty responded to Musk’s tweet, claiming that Democrats are “trying to hide” his bill.
“That’s why Chuck Schumer scheduled this vote for midnight (Friday). He did the same thing with my vote two weeks ago to prevent illegal aliens from being counted in the census. .They are trying to cover it up,” he posted. ×Sunday morning.
At least 7.2 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States under the Biden administration, more than the population of 36 states, Fox News Digital reported earlier this year.
A report released by the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonpartisan think tank, finds that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is authorizing “secret flights” to transport illegal aliens from Central and South America to communities across the United States. did.
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According to the report, approximately 320,000 immigrants were airlifted to 43 different airports in the United States from January to December 2023.
